JumpStart- Exercise

SYNOPSIS Exercise improves the body but when it comes to exercising most people are caught up in their heads. In today’s JumpStart, we walk along the Xungpu River in Shanghai and discover some of the unique exercise habits of some early-risers. And, we take a look at...

JumpStart- Your Name

SYNOPSIS Have you ever wondered why people shout “Geronimo” when they leap from an airplane? There’s actually a very good and historic reason for this. Geronimo, the venerable Apache medicine man and warrior once intentionally rode his horse off of a cliff shouting...

JumpStart- A Positive Spirit

SYNOPSIS Every Buddhist temple I’ve visited in China or Taiwan has one thing in common and it might surprise you. It’s a barrier at the doorway to keep out negative spirits. Do you experience negative spirits? I know I do — and we can learn something from the...

JumpStart- Adventure

SYNOPSIS Helen Keller once said, “Life is either a daring adventure or is nothing.” Wow, can you imagine what an adventure Helen Keller’s life was? Deaf. Blind. Mute. The only sensorial inputs she had were taste and touch — that was it. Even with our ability to...

JumpStart- Changing Course

SYNOPSIS Did you know that airplanes always take off and land facing in whatever direction the wind is blowing? Resistance x speed = Lift And yet, sometimes the pilot finds that winds have changed and must change direction for takeoff or landing. We as individuals...

JumpStart- The Front Row

SYNOPSIS In this JumpStart, I take you live and behind the scenes at one of my speaking gigs to share with you an important principle of life. Whether at church or at a conference, MOST people fill up the back rows first and only sit closer to the platform if there is...